Quincy man charged with impersonating police officer

Police say Michael Muray, 33, walked up to two men sitting in a car at the Quincy Center MBTA station on March 18, told them he was a police officer and demand that they show their identification.

Patriot Ledger Staff

QUINCY - A Quincy man was arrested Thursday morning after police say he pretended to be a police officer and later threatened two men with a box cutter to keep them quiet.

Police say Michael Muray, 33, walked up to two men sitting in a car at the Quincy Center MBTA station on March 18, told them he was a police officer and demand that they show their identification. He then pretended to request “back up” on his cell phone and ordering one of the men to open the center console of their car so he could see what was inside, police said.

When one of the men asked Murray to show them a badge or some sort of police identification, police said Murray started unzipping his jacket and told them, "I don’t need to show you anything." One of the men then got out of the car and Murray left the area, police said.

Police said the two men tried to approach Murray after spotting him on the corner of Hancock and Granite streets, but Murray waved a box cutter at them and told them not to tell anyone about what had happened.

Transit Police investigators identified Murray and arrested him Thursday morning. He is due to be arraigned later in the day on charges of impersonating a police officer and assault with a dangerous weapon.

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